1. The importance of rehabilitation concerning upper extremity amputees: A Systematic review
- Author
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Banu Ünver, Özlem Ülger, Seval Tamer, and Kardem Soyer
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,030222 orthopedics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Prosthetics ,Rehabilitation ,Muscle training ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,General Medicine ,Review Article ,Amputee Rehabilitation ,Exercise programme ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Systematic review ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Data extraction ,medicine ,Upper limb ,Methodological quality ,Edema control ,business - Abstract
Objective To evaluate and point out the importance of prosthetic rehabilitation of upper extremity. Methods A systematic literature search was performed to identify studies concerning prosthetic rehabilitation in upper extremity. The PRISMA Statement 2009 was used to establish the study and the methodological quality was assessed. Results The literature search identified 620 studies. Of these 620, 9 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included for data extraction. The studies pointed out the upper limb prosthetic rehabilitation protocols consist of general exercise programme, motor tasks, phantom exercises, Muscle Training System, edema control, functional activities, signal strengthening, prosthetic education exercises, neuromuscular reeducation, virtual image and virtual reality exercises. Conclusions The current systematic literature review has shown that the prosthetic rehabilitation seems promising especially for upper extremity amputees.
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- 2016